Intestinal Malrotation in Children: Clinical Presentation and Outcomes.

Introduction:  Intestinal malrotation (IM) is characterized by abnormal intestinal rotation and fixation predisposing to a risk of midgut volvulus. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical presentation and outcome of IM from birth through childhood.

Materials And Methods:  This was a retrospective study of children with IM managed at a single center between 1983 and 2016.

Rare copy number variants contribute pathogenic alleles in patients with intestinal malrotation.

Background: Intestinal malrotation is a potentially life-threatening congenital anomaly due to the risk of developing midgut volvulus. The reported incidence is 0.2%-1% and both apparently hereditary and sporadic cases have been reported.

Congenital intestinal malrotation in adolescent and adult patients: a 12-year clinical and radiological survey.

Congenital intestinal malrotation is mainly detected in childhood and caused by incomplete rotation and fixation of the intestines providing the prerequisites for life-threatening volvulus of the midgut. The objective of this study was to evaluate a large cohort of adult patients with intestinal malrotation. Thirty-nine patients, 15-67 years, were diagnosed and admitted to a university setting with congenital intestinal malrotation 2002-2013.

Adult outcomes after surgery for Hirschsprung's disease: Evaluation of bowel function and quality of life.

Background And Aims: Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) is treated surgically. There is a risk for faecal incontinence and constipation postoperatively. The long-term bowel functional outcome in adults and quality of life are sparsely studied.

Laparoscopic-assisted pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease, a prospective repeated evaluation of functional outcome.

Aim Of The Study: To evaluate the functional outcome of laparoscopic-assisted endorectal pull-through (LAP) for Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) over time.

Methods: Thirty-five children with HSCR underwent laparoscopic-assisted pull-through at our institution between 1998 and 2009. The diagnosis was histologically confirmed in all cases.